AMMICC president, Josele Maldonado, presented the official program of the Festival of Moors and Christians in honor of Sant Roc. A party that last year was followed by more than 25.000 people during their Gala Parade and in which 16 filàs and near 400 festeros participated. During the presentation, Maldonado was accompanied by the councilman of Fiestas, Paco ArnauThe Moor and Christian captains, Justo Morales and Francisco Caselles, and the town crier of the Celebrations 2012, Pangel Albi. In his speech, Josele Maldonado thanked the support of the City, Albi Pangel involvement as town crier and the efforts made by both captains. AMMICC president presented a program loaded with new features compared to the previous edition. Maldonado said it was necessary to go giving the program a few touches that would increase the appeal of the party without neglecting the essence of the Moors and Christians.
Program
The preliminaries to the feast begin on Friday, August 3, at 21: 30h with the usual Gala Dinner in the Halls the Poblet.
Saturday, August 4 will be held at 20: 30h the Pregón Fester, Key collection and raising of Estandartes from the Plaza del Consell. Monday, August 6 will begin activity in Kabyle with the opening of Filaes.
Tuesday, August 7, 21 be held at: 30h Reception Christian Captaincy, whose headquarters are at Calle Mayor, and an informal parade will take place. The operation will be repeated on Thursday, August 9, this time in the Captaincy Mora, whose headquarters is located in the Avenida de Alicante corner with Calle Sagunto. 20h: During that weekend visit to a hospice Saint Lucia, Saturday morning, and festive music concert, in charge of the Musical Arts Association of Dénia, on Sunday at 00 will also be held.
The public acts of the festival will begin on Monday, August 13, at 20:00 p.m. with the Concentration of Bandos in the Port of Dénia to carry out the traditional Landing Act, suppressed last year for reasons regulated in the security regulations. This year the Moorish side will embark at the port of Marina de Denia and it will be directed towards a zone near the port Balearia offices. Once the act, at 21: 00h, the signing of the truce in the Plaza del Consell will take place, and an hour later, dinner Acampada to be held in the stretch of the street Magallanes bordering the street Diana.
Tuesday, August 14, will open the program courtesy visits to the captaincy at 12: 00h. In the afternoon, the Children's Parade will take place and at the end, the acclaimed Band Concert in the Plaza del Consell, led once again by the Dianense director Javier Pinto. Festive midnight arrival will focus on the Plaza del Consell for an informal into the center of Denia.
On Wednesday morning, 15 in August, there will be parades of the different filàes and 19: 00h will be the most important event of all the Moors and Christians festivities, the Great Gala Parade. Maldonado said that in this edition the Moor and Christian boats will be full of surprises. Therefore, the president showed his deep gratitude to the superior effort made for this year's Gala Parade.
The next day, the festeros will say goodbye to the Moors and Christians. Before the Mass in Honor of Sant Roc (Church of the Assumption at 11:30 a.m.), the festeros will collect the gunpowder that they will use at 13:00 p.m. in the Ronda de las Murallas, where the Christian Arenga will take place and the Battle of Arcabucería. In the afternoon, the Plaza del Consell will host the Parliament, Surrender and Miracle of the Fog, at 19:00 p.m. From there they will go, around 20:00 p.m., to the Procession in Honor of Sant Roc. Once the liturgical act is over, they will march to celebrate the Retreat and Final Shot that will take place at 21:30 p.m. The party will end at 00:00 with a castle of fires, in charge of the Department of Celebrations of the City council of Dénia.
